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Fallout 3, Fable II hit Games on Demand
Fallout 3 and Fable II have both hit Games on Demand for Xbox 360.2
Fallout 3 hits Games on Demand
As promised, Microsoft has added Fallout 3 to its Games on Demand service.1
Bethesda pitched a Star Trek RPG before making Fallout 3
Todd Howard told Kotaku in its latest podcast that Bethesda pitched a single-player Star Trek RPG before starting on Fallout 3.7
Fallout 3 takes top honours at Golden Joysticks
Fallout 3 has just won the Ultimate Game of the Year award at this year's Golden Joysticks. More than 1.2 million people voted for games and companies in the 2009 awards: Future's now claiming it's the most popular event of its type. Here's the full list, robbed from the CVG live blog. Congrats to all […]11
Fallout 3 saves on PS3 not transferring for GOTY edition in Canada
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Fallout 3 PS3 DLC and cross-platform GOTY edition dated
Bethesda's just confirmed that Broken Steel will release for the PS3 version of Fallout 3 on September 24. Operation: Anchorage and The Pitt will follow on on October 1. Point Lookout and Mothership Zeta hit on October 8. Fallout 3′s Game of the Year edition, featuring the game and all five content packs, will release […]8
Fallout 3 PS3 patched to 1.61
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Premium Fallout 3 Live theme for October 1
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New Bethesda game to be announced in "the next month or so"
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Fallout 3 DLC retail pack to hit stores August 25
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Fallout 3 video shows off Mothership Zeta
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New Mothership Zeta shots for Fallout 3 arrive
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Mothership Zeta DLC for Fallout 3 landing August 3
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Challange will start at 10 pm forum time. The needed file will posted here and you can start to hack around with it. The setup like I think it must be done is in the setup thread.
If it turns out the kernel with emualtion has a problem, like I don't expect it, the contest is put on hold and I will fix it up asap. Kernel was tested before but there is still a possibility, I don'T hope there is but you never know. You can bin patch the bug if you find one, but please report what you have done, so I can fix it in source as well.
The first tester reporting a working solution back with photo and video to Tom from AppleTVHacks.net wins the price of 50$
If someone does not wants the reward, you can doante it to something useful like EFF or TOR etc. or put it back into another great project.
Please be careful with my "baby" aka kernel.
If you got questions regarding the setup or need advices, ask I will answer as long as I am around (long time usally like any weekend ).
Why this challange?
I don't own a appleTV myself, sadly but I can't afford one. Anyways, I got the skills and experince with the kernel and wanted the AppleTV community to have part of it and run a full featured OSX on AppleTV.

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Some of the new mothers have only been out of the hospital for a week or two — but others haven't been there at all. Several of these mothers enlisted the services of a midwife and gave birth outside a hospital.
Thanks to the high cost of having a baby — nearly $4,000 on average, according to the government's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project — and the sometimes impersonal nature of hospital health care, mothers are becoming more interested in home options.
According to a 2009 report by the National Center for Health Statistics, home births increased by 29 percent from 2004 to 2009, from 0.56 percent of births to 0.72 percent, a total of 29,650 births in 2009.
"Our state motto is, 'We dare defend our rights,'" said Nicki Arnold Swindle, an active doula, or birth counselor, in the Anniston area. "What's more natural than a right to choose where and how to give birth?"
She and other mothers who support midwifery are preparing for "Miles for Midwives," a local 5k event sponsored by the Alabama Birth Coalition, a statewide midwife advocacy group battling for midwives to become regulated, certified and active in Alabama.
The American system of midwifery has two major categories of midwife: the certified nurse midwife and the certified professional midwife. In Alabama, nurse midwives can operate alongside obstetricians with whom they've made official arrangements.
Professional midwives train specifically to meet the needs of mothers who want to give birth in homes or other non-hospital environments, where they will give guidance before the birth, medical assistance during the birth and neonatal care after the birth. The only problem? Professional midwives, under Alabama law, can be prosecuted for assisting a home birth.
According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives, a nurse midwife is a registered nurse who has passed a national certification examination after successfully completing a graduate level degree in midwifery — essentially, a master's-degree carrying, trained midwife.
Professional midwives are a bit different. They participate in practical experience, receiving training over three to five years, including 1,350 hours of supervised clinical contact. Translation: they attend births to learn.
"It's a credential that's nationally recognized," said Hannah Ellis, president of Alabama Birth Coalition. "Which is important, because you've got to know how to handle things without all the resources of a hospital before there are any emergencies."
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"There's no way we can 100 percent eliminate risk," said Ellis, "but we can make home birth as safe as it can be."
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Groups such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists cite a 2010 study by Dr. Joseph Wax, a maternal specialist at Maine Medical Center, which states that planned home births result in more than twice as many neonatal deaths — deaths in the month after birth — than planned births in a hospital.
Alabama Birth Coalition refutes these results, saying that the statistics are actually skewed by a wide definition of what can be counted as "planned home birth." According to Ellis, the study includes all out-of-hospital births, not only home births with an attending midwife — deliveries by firemen, paramedics and taxi drivers would all be included.
A 2009 study by Dr. Patricia Janssen at the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Health studied the same two categories — planned home birth and planned hospital births — but specified that the home births were attended by midwives, and the hospital births would have qualified as low-risk, midwife-qualified births if performed out of hospital.
The study showed a perinatal death rate — deaths in the period from five months before birth to one month after — of 0.39 percent per 1,000 planned home births. Planned hospital births attended by midwives had a rate of 0.57, compared to a rate of 0.64 deaths per 1,000 in planned hospital births attended by physicians.
Dr. Joshua Johannson, obstetrician at Cheaha Women's Health and Wellness, makes the point that rather than arguing about research methods, doctors and midwives should plainly explain the risks for both in and out of hospital birth and then give parents the freedom to make their own choice.
"You've got to give them a balanced picture," says Johannson. "You're a big girl, you can make this call — but that's treating them like an adult."
Johannson previously worked at a Philadelphia, Penn., hospital with 10 nurse midwives. They referred high-risk cases to him while he sent low-risk cases their way. He found that he had more time for "doctor-only stuff," Johannson said, which helped him form a positive view of midwives.
"The thing about being a midwife is you have the whole life of a child and mother in your hands," said Nancy Makransky, an ex-midwife who spent 16 years delivering babies in Guatemala. "It takes a lot of knowledge and adrenaline when a baby is going to be born and you're responsible."
Ellis points out that relationships with midwives can be very different than those with obstetricians. Due to lighter client loads, midwives can spend more time with mothers, which often leads to something closer to a family bond.
"They strive to empower you," said mother Megan Brightwell of her experiences with midwives. "That's not typical training for obstetricians."
Those ties are what will drive midwives and mothers to gather at McClellan Medical Mall to walk, run or stroll in support of health care providers that they truly care about, all in the hope that one day, Alabama will support their decision to leave the hospitals and head home for their births.
"It's really a different kind of experience," said Swindle. "I'm not forcing anyone to have a home birth, but don't force us to not have one."
Miles for Midwives takes place Nov. 16, with registration opening at 7:30 a.m. and the 5k starting at 8:30 a.m. A kids' race will start at 9:30 a.m. Live music by Kings of Swing, Peter Boyle and Sunset Rizing, with DJ Danny Santiago providing music throughout the event. Kids can get their faces painted or take a leap in a bouncy house, and there will also be a stroller/carrier decoration contest with prizes from sponsor companies. Individual registration is $5, family is $10 and $2 for kids. If you'd like to purchase a shirt, add $20 to the registration cost. Call 256-782-8822 for more information.
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'Ask This Old House': Orlando questions attract show
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'The Voice': Singer seeks Orlando support
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Whitewood Modern Mediterranean Grill opens in Lake Mary
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Missing Orlando girl found safe
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Hotel's energy initiatives recognized at the Thailand Energy Awards 2012
This year's Thailand Energy Awards, organised by the Ministry of Energy in cooperation with the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, was held on 30 March 2012 at the Government House Building in Bangkok. Dusit Thani Pattaya was one of the 91 recipients of the plaques of recognition awarded to business operators that have shown outstanding performance in the five categories namely: Alternative Energy, Energy Management and Conservation, Energy Champion, Energy Creation (Renewable or Green Energy) and Effective Support for Energy Conservation. A total of 309 business establishments participated and submitted their entries for the event and only 91 passed all the criteria.
Mr Chatchawal Supachayanont, General Manager of Dusit Thani Pattaya accepted the award from Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra who thanked all the awardees for their efforts towards the success of the country's energy programmes. In his comments, Mr Supachayanont expressed appreciation for the resort's entire Green Team Committee who contributed in making this achievement possible. He said this would be added to the list of accolades that Dusit Thani Pattaya has received for its environmental initiatives and for the excellent energy management it has done that led to this award.
"Dusit Thani Pattaya was the only hotel in the entire Kingdom of Thailand to have received this award and for that, we are truly proud and honoured to be recognised. Our hotel will continue our endeavours and commitments as an eco-friendly resort that has been awarded the Silver Certificate by EarthCheck. We will not rest on our laurels but instead, do more for our hotel's green initiatives", adds Mr Supachayanont.
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Mushrooms and Swiss 9.00
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Authors, inventors, presidents and queens take to the stage June 13 to tell their life stories and answer questions.
Five Young Chautauquans perform their historical characters in Mormon Station Park at 5 p.m. June 13.
"It's fun, and I love to see how the kids end up doing at the end. It's amazing. I have learned so much from these kids," organizer Grace Bower said. "This year I have a second-grader. I never have let a second-grader in, but she's fabulous."
Characters this years are Laura Ingalls Wilder, Cleopatra, Theodore Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth I and Benjamin Franklin.
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Valentine Diners - South Central Kansas
- Business name: E.T.C. Pet Grooming
- Street address: 224 S. Washington
- Open or closed: Open
- History: According to previous owner Max Shields, this diner was placed on the site in the early 1950s. Bought in Wichita and moved to Wellington by Matt and Sybil Dwyer, it was then called Dwyer's Swing In. After a year in business, the Dwyers constructed an addition onto the rear.
The building was operated as a cafe until 1984; in addition to the Dwyers, it was operated by the Whitaker family, the Jimenez family, Terry Chamberlin, Dorothy Engel, the Washington family, Dee Miller, and Bill and Sharon Palmer (in order of succession). The Jimenez family operated the cafe as the Spanish Kitchen between 1973 and 1976. The Palmers called it the B & S Cafe and opened it in 1983. Shields bought the building from the Palmers in 1984, removed the restaurant fixtures, and opened Shields Barber Shop. Of interest is the wall safe, which reads "LICENSED FOR OPERATION BY Valentine System. MFG. BY THE HAYES EQUIP. MFG. CO. WICHITA KAN." This would suggest the building pre-dates World War II and was in use in Wichita before being purchased by the Dwyers. The building currently is operated as E.T.C. Pet Grooming.
- Model / serial number: Unknown / V-133
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CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook
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- Delivering comprehensive insight into CentOS server with a series of starting points that show you how to build, configure, maintain and deploy the latest edition of one of the world's most popular community based enterprise servers.
- Providing beginners and more experienced individuals alike with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge by delivering instant access to a library of recipes that addresses all aspects of CentOS server and put you in control.
- Giving you immediate access to a thriving knowledge base that illustrates just how quickly you can master CentOS server with a whole host of tricks of the trade thrown in for good measure.
Book DetailsLanguage : English
Paperback : 374 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : April 2013
Author(s) : Jonathan Hobson
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Networking and Servers, Cookbooks, Linux Servers, Open Source
Table of ContentsPreface
Chapter 1: Installing CentOS
Chapter 2: Configuring CentOS
Chapter 3: Working with CentOS
Chapter 4: Managing Packages with Yum
Chapter 5: Securing CentOS
Chapter 6: Working with Samba
Chapter 7: Working with Domains
Chapter 8: Working with Databases
Chapter 9: Providing Mail Services
Chapter 10: Working with Apache
Chapter 11: Working with FTP
- Chapter 1: Installing CentOS
- Introduction
- Downloading CentOS and confirming the checksum on a Windows desktop
- Performing an installation of CentOS using the graphical installer
- Running a netinstall over HTTP
- Installing CentOS in Text Mode and building a minimal installation
- Re-installing the boot loader
- Updating the installation and enhancing the minimal install with additional administration and development tools
- Finishing the installation process with Firstboot
- Adding the GNOME desktop environment,
- changing the runlevel, and installing additional software
- Chapter 2: Configuring CentOS
- Introduction
- Changing the time zone and updating the hardware clock
- Synchronizing the system clock with NTP
- Setting a static IP address
- Binding multiple IP addresses to a single Ethernet device
- Bonding two Ethernet devices to increase bandwidth and provide redundancy
- Changing the hostname and resolving a fully qualified domain name
- Switching SELinux off
- Disabling the IPv6 module
- Chapter 3: Working with CentOS
- Introduction
- Creating an administrative user and becoming root with the switch user command
- Introducing mailx and forwarding the root's e-mail to an external e-mail address
- Automating tasks with cron
- Synchronizing files and directories with
- rsync and working towards a full system backup with cron
- Issuing customized e-mail reports with Mutt
- Using logrotate to manage logfiles
- Extending log rotation by adding NTP to logrotate
- Using chkconfig to enable a custom service at boot
- Evaluating current memory usage with the free and top commands and clearing the memory cache
- Chapter 4: Managing Packages with Yum
- Introduction
- Updating the system with YUM
- Cleaning the YUM cache
- Automating Yum updates with Yum-cron
- Installing packages with YUM
- Removing packages with YUM
- Finding packages with YUM
- Installing Yum Priorities to support additional repositories
- Enhancing CentOS with the EPEL and Remi repositories
- Chapter 5: Securing CentOS
- Introduction
- Escalating user privilege with sudo
- Hardening the secure shell environment
- Configuring a firewall and working with IPTables
- Protecting SSH with fail2ban
- Preventing dictionary-based attacks with DenyHosts
- Running antivirus scans with ClamAV
- Chapter 6: Working with Samba
- Introduction
- Configuring Samba as a standalone server and enabling home directories
- Adding, deleting, and disabling a Samba user
- Providing a network recycle bin for Samba
- Hiding folders and files with Samba
- Creating a custom share folder for a specific user or a group of users
- Chapter 7: Working with Domains
- Introduction
- Building a caching-only nameserver with BIND
- Writing zone files for BIND
- Adding zones to BIND and configuring a nameserver
- Deploying a local nameserver with dnsmasq
- Logging events with dnsmasq and combining this with logrotate
- Enabling domain name wildcards with dnsmasq
- Hardening BIND with chroot and providing better security measures
- Chapter 8: Working with Databases
- Introduction
- Installing and hardening MySQL server with mysql_secure_installation
- Creating a MySQL database, adding a MySQL user, and assigning user privilege from the command line
- Installing PostgreSQL, adding a user, and creating your first database
- Configuring remote access to PostgreSQL
- Chapter 9: Providing Mail Services
- Introduction
- Enabling a domain-wide Mail Transport Agent (MTA) and testing your SMTP configuration with Telnet
- Building a local POP3/SMTP server with Postfix and Dovecot
- Closing the open relay, enabling SMTP authentication and dealing with Spam by configuring SASL, and enabling Postfix header and body checks
- Using Postfix and Dovecot to serve e-mails across virtual domains
- Chapter 10: Working with Apache
- Introduction
- Installing the Apache web server with CGI/Perl, PHP, configuring mod_perl, and preparing httpd for a production environment
- Adding a secure connection to the Apache web server by creating a self-signed SSL certificate using OpenSSL
- Hosting peers by enabling user directories on the Apache web server and troubleshooting suexec
- Configuring Apache name-based virtual hosting
- Working with publishing directories, vhosts.d, error documents, directives, and the rewrite rule for virtual hosting with the Apache web server
- Chapter 11: Working with FTP
- Introduction
- Building a basic FTP service by installing and configuring VSFTP
- Providing a secure connection to VSFTP with SSL/TLS using OpenSSL encryption
- Implementing virtual users and directories in standalone mode on VSFTP
- Providing an anonymous upload and download or download only FTP server with VSFTP
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Errata type: Typo | Page number: 47 On step 11, a command to run types "ntpq-p" is given in the book, but you are missing a whitespace, the real format should be "ntpq -p".
Errata type: Code
The book states the command: /sbin/ifconfig | grep -ihwaddr
However the command should read: /sbin/ifconfig | grep -ihw addr
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Page 78: "passwd your_password_here" should be "passwd your_username_here" which then prompts for a password.
Page 146: "vi /etc/rsyslog" should be "vi /etc/rsyslog.conf"
Page 147: "service syslog restart" should be "service rsyslog restart"
Page 65: "127.0.0.1 localhostlocalhost.localdomain localhost4" should be "127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4"
Page 35: 'yum groupinstall "Desktop" "X Window System" "Fonts" "Desktop Platform" ' should be 'yum -y groupinstall "Desktop" "X Window System" "Fonts" "Desktop Platform" '
Page 138: "vi/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo" should be "vi /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo"
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Page 79: "we now need to modify its preset conditions in order that members of the wheel group will have access to su." should be "we now need to modify its preset conditions in order that menbers of the wheel group only will have access to su."
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Page 82: The line 'echo "Test Mail" | mail -s "This is a testemail." firstname.lastname@example.com' won't work until you configure an MTA\email server that excepts forwarding from your shell account. The reader has to wait for chapter 9 to know how to configure Postfix as an MTA to sent email.
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Sample chapters
You can view our sample chapters and prefaces of this title on PacktLib or download sample chapters in PDF format.
What you will learn from this book
- Installing and validating CentOS 6 and adding a desktop environment
- Configuring CentOS to allow you to manage time and multiple IP addresses
- Managing log files by using logrotate, memory usage and databases
- Managing Packages will show you how to manage the system with the Yum package manager
- Administering CentOS through creating new administrative users and creating customized email reports
- Securing your shell environment, ascending user privileges and building firewalls to prevent outside attacks
- Building networks, domains and implementing the Apache web server.
In Detail
CentOS is a community-based enterprise class operating system and this book will provide a series of practical solutions that will not only show you how to install and maintain CentOS as a server, but to explore this well-known Linux distribution with the intention of tackling many common issues by providing some tricks of the trade in order to simplify the task of building a server.
"CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook" is a practical guide to installation, configuration, administration, and maintenance. This is a one-stop-shop to all things CentOS, so regardless as to whether you need a mail server, web server, database server, domain server or a file sharing platform, this book provides a comprehensive series of starting points that will give you direct access to the inner workings of this open source, community-based enterprise server.
"CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook" is a practical guide to the complete installation, configuration, administration, and maintenance of one of the world's most popular community-based enterprise servers.
From installation to configuration, this book of recipes will take you on a journey to explore inner workings of CentOS server. Within this book you will learn how to install CentOS in variety of settings, enhance your installation with the correct tools of the trade and prepare your server to fulfil almost any role you could ever need.
By discovering more about time, networking, package management, system management and security, this book will serve to show you how to get the very best from this freely available, open source server by presenting a series of solutions that will enable you to master the art of building your very own web, database, mail, domain name, file sharing services.
CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook is a hands-on approach to installing, configuring and managing this ever popular community based enterprise server. By taking you from installation to customization this book will serve all Linux professionals and enthusiasts alike by providing you with a practical guide to using CentOS as a world-class server solution that is capable of delivering your mail, web, ftp, domain and file sharing services.
Presented in a step by step, easy to read tutorial style, this book presents the reader with real world solutions to every aspect of CentOS 6.
Who this book is for
"CentOS 6 Linux Server Cookbook" is for those professionals, students and enthusiasts who want a down-to-earth or hands-on approach to installing, configuring and running a Centos 6 server. Where a new user may experience this book as a series of solutions, a more experienced user will find a basis on which you can develop your existing skills. So rest assured, there is something for everyone and regardless of your current level of experience, if you are interested in using CentOS 6, then this is the book that offers the insight you need to move forward and master your server.


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The Truth About Ballistol!
I love Ballistol; and, as for the smell, well ....... I could wear it as aftershave! Someone should add to this thread that Ballistol works best if you let it sit in the barrel for, at least, several hours before cleaning; and letting it sit in the bore overnight would be even better.
Yes, it's true! Ballistol is NOT a good long term storage treatment. Personally, I wouldn't coat gun metal with it for more than 90 to 120 days before wiping the gun down a second time. It can, and does, become, 'gummy' after sitting on a gun for an extended period of time. (70% rubbing alcohol is a perfect solvent for Ballistol residue.)
Two of the very best chemicals you can put on any polymer frame are Ballistol; or just plain, common ordinary, pharmacy-grade mineral oil (A principal ingredient in Ballistol). I swear my Glock frames seem to rejuvenate themselves whenever I wipe them down with Ballistol. There's a pint can of Ballistol sitting on my desk, right now; and I've got another quart of it on the shelf in the my old reloading room.
Has anyone mentioned that, although it does darken many of the lighter colors, Ballistol does an excellent job of softening and preserving: gun leather, sheaths, belts, and boots too! Another outstanding quality that shouldn't be overlooked is Ballistol's remarkable ability to properly clean up after using either a black powder firearm, or corrosive primers!
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The Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books published. The term refers by default to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the famous Michelin stars. They use a three-star system for recommending sights: three stars, "worth the trip"; two stars, "worth a detour"; one star, "interesting". Getting a three star rating in the guide book is seen as a pinnacle of restaurateurs career and can easily mean world wide accolades in the food world. Chefs have strived to get a three star in these guides, and some have given their lives at the thought of losing them.
That is, as Travel and Leisure points out, until now.
For 28 years Senderens held three stars, the guide's highest honor. Adding his voice to those of colleagues across France who are taking their destinies out of Michelin's hands and into their own, he disdains the stars for what he says they reward: puffed-up service, boilerplate "luxury," and dishes with sticker-shock ingredients like lobster and caviar.
There are two things going on here that Michelin is probably reluctant to admit:
- Michelin reviewing standards aren't as unbiased as they would like the rest of us to believe.
- In the long term, it makes more economic sense for many restaurants in the guide to appeal to consumers than it does to appeal to the biases of the Michelin reviewers, especially if the restaurant is going to be seen as "less than" a three star restaurant.
Clearly Michelin wants to be perceived as non-biased, stating on the record that "When it comes to the stars, it's all about what is on the plate." But in practice, this is clearly not the case. One needs only look at the recently released New York City Michelin guide, where the much lauded Union Square Cafe was absent, not only from the three star list, but also the two and one star lists. Also of note in the Guide, more than half of the restaurants that drew at least two stars could be considered "French".
As Travel and Leisure also notes, of the four places in New York awarded three stars, three have Frenchmen at the helm.
So what does it take to become a Michelin three star restaurant? Consider the following paragraph in the aforementioned Travel and Leisure article:
"I was pounded with useless monthly expenses—$23,000 for laundry, $6,000 for flowers," (Alain Senderens) says, noting that his average dinner tab is now $130 without wine, or 75 percent less than it was at Lucas Carton. At his new restaurant, turbot and bass are sidelined in favor of very un-three-star, blue-collar mussels and sardines. There are two sommeliers instead of eight. Tables are innocent of cloths. And there's not a strangled pincushion arrangement of tea roses in sight.
All of these costs, by the way, are passed on to the customers.
What we have here is basic economics at work. Granted, for many of us with lower incomes, there's little difference between a $175 dinner tab and $130 one. But for restaurant owners, there's clearly a market threshold that's crossed when you lower your costs. The lower the bill , the more accessible your restaurant becomes to a wider market. For chefs such as Senderens, Philippe Gaertner of Aux Armes de France, and even Mario Batali in New York, there's more money in making their restaurants accessible than there is in trying to please the Michelin Guide reviewers.
Or to put it another way, creating great food at a restaurant is fine and dandy, but if you can't make a profit at it, you're not going to be making great food for long. It's an idea that Michelin has either forgotten, or has ignored.
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Willow, Scarlet Curls Salix matsudana x S. alba 'Scarlet Curls'
A vigorous, small tree with golden brown branches and twisted scarlet red stems spiraling upwards. The red color intensifies after the first frost. In zone 7-8 the twigs are more reddish brown. Leaves are somewhat curled. A form of corkscrew willow, the decorative cut branches are used in floral arrangements. 'Scarlet Curls' likes full sun and adapts to a wide range of soil types.
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Addresses don't come much grander than 'Number One London', the popular name for Apsley House, one of the most interesting visitor attractions in London. Home to the Duke of Wellington after his victory over Napoleon at Waterloo, the interior of the house has changed very little since the days of the Iron Duke.
It boasts one of the finest art collections in London, with paintings by Velazquez and Rubens as well as a wonderful collection of silver and porcelain. Pride of place goes to a massive nude statue of Napoleon. Why not include a stroll through nearby Hyde Park, and a visit to nearby Wellington Arch for a great value family day out in London.
Apsley House is closed this winter as we complete a project to return the entrance hall to it's Regency heyday. Experience the grandeur of this fine town house with its new entrance hall displays when we open again in April 2014.
Museums at Night
Fri 16 & Sat 17 May 2014
Join us at Apsley House after hours as part of the nationwide 'Museums at Night' event series.
Waterloo Festival
Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jun 2014
Attention! Relive the drama and grandeur of the Napoleonic War as you are brought face to face with Wellington's Red Coats in the midst of the combat campaign.
Waterloo Festival
Sat 21 & Sun 22 Jun 2014
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Tree, shrub, monoecious
Stem: trunk < 35 m; bark ± smooth; lenticels present
Leaves simple, alternate, petioled, deciduous; stipules deciduous; blade ovate to elliptic, generally serrate, ± doubly so
Inflorescence: catkin, generally appearing before leaves, often clustered; bracts each subtending 23 flowers and 36 bractlets
Staminate inflorescence pendent, ± elongate
Pistillate inflorescence pendent or erect, developing variously in fruit (see key to genera)
Staminate flower: sepals 04, minute; petals 0; stamens 110; pistil vestigial or 0
Pistillate flower: sepals 04; petals 0; stamens 0; pistil 1, ovary inferior, chambers 2, each 1-ovuled, stigmas 2
Fruit: nut or nutlet, sometimes winged, subtended or enclosed by 12 bracts
Genera in family: 6 genera, 105 species: generally n hemisphere; some cultivated.
Tree, shrub
Stem: trunk < 35 m; bark smooth, gray to brown; twigs glabrous to finely hairy, reddish gray; lenticels small; winter buds stalked, 2-scaled
Leaf glabrous to finely hairy; blade 315 cm, elliptic to ovate, base ± truncate to tapered, sometimes subcordate
Staminate inflorescence 520 cm; bracts each subtending 3 flowers and 4 bractlets
Pistillate inflorescence 520 mm; bracts each subtending 2 flowers and 4 fused bractlets
Staminate flower: sepals 4; stamens 14
Pistillate flower: sepals 0
Fruits many, in cone-like catkin, bracts 3 mm, woody, winged
Species in genus: 30 species: n hemisphere, South America
Etymology: (Latin: alder)
Reference: [Furlow 1979 Rhodora 81:1121, 151248]
Root nodules contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria; wood used for interior finishing, to smoke fish, meats.
Stem: trunk < 35 m
Leaf: blade thick, base tapered to round, tip round to acute, margin generally ± flat, upper surface green, midrib and major veins not indented, lower surface yellow-green
Ecology: Along permanent streams
Elevation: 1002400 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, Modoc Plateau (uncommon), w Sonoran Desert
Distribution outside California: to Washington, Idaho
Flowering time: JanApr
Horticultural information: SUN: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24; STBL.
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The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር?; abbreviated EPRDF) is the ruling political coalition in Ethiopia. It is an alliance of four other groups: the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO), the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front (SEPDF) and the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF). Together it had 472 of the 527 seats in the House of People's Representatives following the election held in May 2000. The results of the legislative elections, of 15 May 2005, were not accepted by all parties. The disagreements led to a prolonged crisis and public unrest, which resulted in the death of 193 Ethiopians, including civilians and police officers. The ruling front claimed to have won 499 of the 527 seats. The opposition, which claimed widespread fraud and intimidation, declared that the two major opposition coalitions together would form a majority coalition. Though one of the major opposition parties (Coalition for Unity and Democracy) carried Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa by a landslide, the opposition did not have the strength of the EPRDF in rural Ethiopia.
The EPRDF's two main opponents in the 2005 elections were the Coalition for Unity and Democracy and the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, both of which are also coalitions of multiple opposition parties. The opposition made spectacular gains in the election, which caught all observers, and the parties, off guard. Early results from the polls showed the opposition on course to sweep to power with a substantial majority. However, the National Election Board, appointed by the Prime Minister, stopped the vote tabulation process for several days. There was a break in the chain of control of ballot boxes. When the counting resumed and the ruling coalition declared it had won, the opposition cried foul and contested the results.
The EPRDF is an alliance of four parties: the OPDO, which is based in the Oromia Region; the ANDM based in the Amhara Region; the SEPDF based in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region; and the TPLF based in the Tigray Region. A total of about 4 million people are together members of the allied parties.[1] The EPRDF is led by a central committee as well as a Politbureau, whose members are selected every three years by a congress of the party. The four member parties have the same organizational structure. Government and party structures are closely intertwined.[2] This interweaving reaches down to the local level, as described in the Human Rights Watch report of 10 March 2010:
- Today, kebele officials wield a massive amount of power over their constituents in a myriad ways, in a system where the line between state and ruling party is firmly entrenched. Kebele officials determine eligibility for food assistance, recommend referrals to secondary health care and schools, and provide access to state-distributed resources like seeds, fertilizers, and other essential agricultural inputs. Minor claims and disputes at the kebele level are adjudicated by social courts based in these Kebeles. Local prisons; and, in some places, local-level militia are used to execute the laws and political decisions of the ruling party.[3]
The other five regions of Ethiopia are governed by parties which were either created or heavily influenced by the EPRDF.[4] One of the earliest was the Afar People's Democratic Organization in the Afar Region, which subsequently merged with other Afar political groups to create the Afar National Democratic Party.[5]
In the Somali Region, the Somali People's Democratic Party was founded in 1998 after relations with the Ogaden National Liberation Front soured.[6] In the Harari Region is the Hareri National League, while in Gambela is the Gambela People's Democratic Movement. In Benishangul-Gumuz Region the Benishangul-Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front predominates.[7]
Political ideology[edit]
The EPRDF professes an ideology of Revolutionary Democracy and federalism, while stressing the right of self-determination for the individual ethnic groups of Ethiopia. The description of the democracy as revolutionary implies the type has been modified to meet the country's context.[1] The alliance has been establishing a free market economic system in a controlled manner, as the country lacked any kind of financial and economical scheme. As Ethiopia is a country with of a multitude of languages and cultures, the EPRDF has introduced political decentralization. The regional states have their own parliaments and governments so they may develop to meet the specific needs of the local ethnic groups, as well as the whole country. The EPRDF has created a multi-party democracy in Ethiopia for the first time in its history.[citation needed] The EPRDF's slogan is "our difference signifies the strength of our unity."
Before it became the government in 1991, the EPRDF was a rebel group battling the military junta known as the Derg. It was in power from 1974 to 1987, when Mengistu Haile Mariam established the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which lasted until the EPRDF overthrew it. During this period, the Derg was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of opponents without trial.[8]
The EPRDF formed with the union of the TPLF and the Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Movement (EPDM) in early 1989; they were later joined by the OPDO (Oromo of the TPLF and EPLF, and Oromo members of EPDM) and the Ethiopian Democratic Officers' Revolutionary Movement (a small body of Derg officers captured by TPLF, most notably at Shire in February 1989, which was later disbanded after the establishment of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia.[9]
In the early 1990s, following the collapse of the Mengistu government, the EPRDF gained support from the United States. Michael Johns, an Africa expert with the Heritage Foundation, wrote in 1991 that "there are some modestly encouraging signs that the front intends to abandon Mengistu's autocratic practices."[10] Observers have had concerns since then about the EPRDF's treatment of the opposition, particularly the validity of the 2005 and 2010 elections.
The EPRDF held its sixth party congress in September 2006 at Mek'ele in the Tigray Region.[1]
- ^ a b c d "About EPRDF", Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front website (accessed 29 May 2009)
- ^ Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Parteien in Äthiopien: Zwischen ethnischer Orientierung und Programmausrichtung
- ^ "One Hundred Ways of Putting Pressure", Human Rights Watch report, released 10 March 2010
- ^ Paulos Chanie: "Clientelism and Ethiopia's post-1991 decentralisation", Journal of Modern African Studies 45/3 (2007)
- ^ Yasin Mohammed Yasin, "Political history of the Afar in Ethiopia and Eritrea", African Affairs, in: Africa Spectrum 42 (2008), p. 39-65
- ^ Tobias Hagmann, Mohamud H. Khalif: "State and Politics in Ethiopia's Somali region since 1991", Bildhaan: the International Journal of Somali Studies, 6 (2006), pp. 25-49. (This is a translation of Hagman and Khalif, "La Région Somali d'Éthiopie: Entre Intégration, Indépendance et Irrédentisme," Politique Africaine 99, October (2005), pp. 43–62)
- ^ Lovise Aalen, "Ethnic Federalism and Self Determination for Nationalities in A Semi Authoritarian State: the Case of Ethiopia", International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 13 (2006), pp. 243-261
- ^ de Waal, Alex (1997). Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa. Oxford: James Currey. ISBN 0-85255-810-4.
- ^ Sarah Vaughan, "Ethnicity and Power in Ethiopia" (University of Edinburgh: Ph.D. Thesis, 2003), p. 168
- ^ "Does Democracy Have a Chance?" by Michael Johns, The World and I magazine, August 1991 (entered in The Congressional Record, May 6, 1992).


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There is also some news on the command front: the bundle now supports the "--all" option to bundle the whole repository. There is also a new option for the log command: "-b" or "--only-branch" tells log to display the revisions for a single branch. On top of this, the developers have accelerated the revert process.
The churn extension which graphically represents the number of lines modified per user and file now has official Mercurial extension status, compared to its previous contrib status. On top of this, there is a new Inotify extension that uses the Linux kernel 2.6 Inotify API to check file status on each change.
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"Accordingly the court finds that (1) Phineas had never bitten before and (2) Phineas is excluded as the cause of the injury to [the alleged victim] on the date in question…This court hereby, in accordance with the above, enters judgment in favor of Pet" My name is Phineas. On 12 October 2013 I was abducted from the boarding clinic. My family and friends don't no whether or not I'm okay. I was stolen just days before my court date, I had hopes of being released that day after being locked up for the last 16 months.
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On June 23, 2013. I began my second year in doggy jail for something I really don't understand. Apparently, some politicians in Salem, Missouri think I should die for something they say I did a long time ago . They say they want to make an example out of me. I really don't understand it but I appreciate all of you who are supportive of me and my family. I'm lonely and just want to go home, I want to play ball and run, I want to sleep at the foot of my kids beds and make sure they are safe. Please continue to share my page and my story with your friends because I need all the support I can get."
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• Phineas is a sweet, friendly yellow Labrador Retriever dog, unjustly labeled vicious and given a death sentence by the City of Salem, Missouri. He allegedly bit a neighbor girl. The issue to date seems a 16 month saga of injustice, small town politics, personal vendettas and rumor with many collateral issues. Attempting to summarize with just the most basic of facts is difficult. Phineas is in his second year of city custody.
• During his first nine months of incarceration, Phineas was kept safely at DCAWS, a local no kill animal shelter. He was then quarantined by city officials in undisclosed locations. One of those locations had him caged in the dark and windowless basement of the old town firehouse with only a wooden shipping pallet to sleep on. Another location was the pump house under the town water tower. A third undiscovered location resulted in a public outcry which brought Fox Media and the Missouri Department of Agriculture to town, forcing the City to turn Phineas over to qualified veterinary care professionals. Cruel and unusual acts toward Phineas and his family, but those same seemingly sadistic actions made animal lovers around the world take notice. When these claims were proven valid, the support group grew from a few thousand to forty-thousand overnight and has since grown to 170,000.
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• The images used as evidence were presented to the media by Mayor Brown during interviews. Those images were also shared with the public. At a glance, many were dumbfounded. The alleged bite appeared to many as something other than a dog bite, impossible to have been made by Phineas. Public outcry grew. Confronted by Phineas supporters, city officials said "prove it." Supporters set out to do just that. Experts in Odontology, Canine Behavior and Canine Bites produced analysis using industry standard methods. The independent studies are of mutual conclusion that Phineas should be excluded as the source of the alleged bruise/bite marks on the child. City officials and local print media once again ridiculed and mocked the efforts of the support group.
• A hearing for a 2nd Request For Relief Of Judgment filed by Phineas' legal counsel has been granted. In a community this size, an impartial hearing seems impossible. The case will be heard by the same judge that passed sentence. However, legal counsel feels it is a positive sign that the judge has agreed to hold the hearing. Meanwhile, the appellate court has stayed its proceedings until after this hearing.
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It took my 19 year old son and I about 2 hours start to finish. All the parts were there and no broken pieces. For the price, I would buy this bed again..
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Very cheap and very difficult to assemble. The press board cracked and broke off around many of the screw sites. I tightened these by hand and was careful not to over-tighten but the wood just crumbled. Given how heavy the bed is and how difficult it was to assemble (it took hours) and that the last few pieces are the ones that crumbled, I couldn't muster the energy to deconstruct it, pack it up and mail it back.
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The quality similar or a little better than Ikea. The wood of the drawers SUPER light weight. 2 of them was broken when I put the screw. But the customer service is excellent! Call and received replacement on the next week. BAD design!! Drawers stop by the screws on the bed frame. The designer should have designed the screws go upper, so that it won't touch the drawers and make the drawers can't close thoroughly. So, I DISLIKE this bed frame because all the drawers are not close thoroughly. This problem not only causes by the screws on the bed frame, but also the level of the bed frame. Because it's light weight, so it can goes little bit to the right or left without notice, But it shows on the drawers because they will have a large gap which can't close thoroughly.
I've only had the bed frame set up for a couple weeks, but the bed components are well made. The drawers are probably the best quality I've bought in a while they don't get stuck or fall out like my previous purchase on bed furniture. When putting it together you can tell that they designed the bed to be sturdy. It is a little lower to the ground than I thought it would be but that turned out to be better for me. Nice looking bed, good for storage and organization. Next step a headboard.
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Sit and pedal with your feet or your hands. Use it on the kitchen table, under your work desk, or on the floor in your living room. With the InStride® Adjustable Height Exercise Cycle, you get an effective, low-impact cardio workout for legs, arms, shoulders or back ANYWHERE you want!
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Stamina® InStride® Adjustable Height Exercise Cycle
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